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US unaware of Russian missile shipments to Syria – State Department
USA Washington has distanced itself from US media speculation about alleged Russian sales of Yakhont missiles to the Syrian government. A US State Department spokesperson stated they have no "new" information of Russian missiles shipments to Damascus. According to State Department spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki, the alleged arms deliveries reported in a New York Times article on ...
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Europe and the US should heed Latin America on drugs
drugs . There is a growing belief that the current punitive-based approach has failed. It has visited a savage level of violence on Latin America as narco cartels, moving cocaine and cannabis into the US, have butchered and bribed their way through the continent. The killing and corrupting of public officials - judges, police, politicians - threatened, and still threatens, to demolish the ...
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Chicago commuter headache as L train line shut for five months
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago will shut down part of its "L" elevated rail system's busiest line for five months starting on Sunday, forcing thousands of commuters to seek other routes and creating the biggest such U.S. transit disruption in two ...
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Powerball frenzy locks down most possible number combos
DES MOINES, Iowa It's all about the odds. With the majority of possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the game's highest jackpot on Saturday night, a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars -; and that's after taxes. The problem, of course, is those same odds just about guarantee the lucky person won't be you. The chances of ...
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Quinn Signs Bill To Toughen Penalties For Social Media Mob Attacks
Social media is a great way to keep track of your friends and share photos, but unfortunately it’s being used by criminals too. State Senator Kwame Raoul is one of the authors of SB 1005 and says when they hit downtown Chicago it hurts business, and that hurts ...
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New York politician accused of serial sex harassment to resign
ALBANY, N.Y.-A New York assemblyman accused of sexually harassing young female staffers for years says he will resign before he's expelled from the Legislature. Assemblyman Vito Lopez informed leaders on Saturday he will resign effective Monday morning. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver had planned a rare expulsion proceeding against Lopez beginning Monday. Lopez was once a powerful Brooklyn ...
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Police call fatal NYC shooting a hate crime
NEW YORK -; Police say a gunman used anti-gay slurs before fatally shooting a 32-year-old man in New York City's Greenwich (GREN'-ich) ...
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The Miami-Dade mother accused of leaving her child to die in a hot car will remain in jail pending trial
Declaring it was necessary to “protect the safety of the community” and the “integrity of the [court] system,” a judge ordered a western Miami-Dade woman to remain in jail, at least for now, while she awaits trial on charges she killed her infant son by leaving him to bake in a hot car.Catalina Marista Bruno was given a $250,000 bond on aggravated manslaughter charges ...
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Ex-Pa. officer once hailed as hero faces charges
PHILADELPHIA -- A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama has been arrested and charged with rape and other crimes.Authorities allege that former officer Richard DeCoatsworth left a party with two females early Thursday and took them to another location, where they allege that he produced a handgun and ...
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US Airways jet forced to make belly landing at Newark airport
A US Airways flight made an emergency landing on its belly at Newark Liberty International Airport early on Saturday, after the plane's landing gear failed to deploy. No one was injured, airline and government officials said.Piedmont Airlines flight 4560, operating for US Airways from Philadelphia with 34 passengers and three crew members on board, landed safely at 1am. Passengers were ...
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Will Americans New Boarding Process Work It Failed at Virgin America.
Give American Airlines credit for trying a new method to board passengers more quickly. Airlines constantly tinker with the boarding process, and this time American says it has found a way to cut an average of two minutes from the 40 minutes to 45 minutes that it takes to board a narrowbody aircraft. American narrow bodies take off about 3,000 times a day, so two minutes per flight is a lot of ...
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Previewing Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals between the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers
The Pacers are scoring 12 fewer points per 100 possessions with George Hill off the floor. (David E. Klutho/SI) On Saturday night, Indiana will have its second straight opportunity — after taking a 3-1 lead — to close out its series against New York and advance to the Eastern Conference finals. Yet this particular series has taken some interesting turns of late, which may afford the ...
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Incurable bacteria citrus greening destroying Floridas citrus industry
(CBS News) For millions of Americans, part of the morning ritual is a glass of orange juice, but that sweet start to the day is now threatened. There's a disease spreading through Florida's multi-billion-dollar citrus crop. The malady is called citrus greening, and it is making it harder for area businesses to stock Florida's best known fruit. "My concern is we won't ...
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Quinn Says He Will Be Open Minded On Medical Marijuana Bill
CHICAGO (CBS) — Governor Quinn still isn’t saying whether he’ll sign the medical marijuana bill, reports WBBM’s Veronica ...
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UAE Host UN High-Level Thematic Debate on Energy-Water Nexus in New York
WAM NEW YORK: May 18th, 2013 (WAM): The United Arab Emirates (UAE) partnered with the President of the 67th Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly to host a high-level, thematic debate titled "Sustainable Development and Climate Change: Practical Solutions in the Energy-Water Nexus" on 16 May 2013 at the UN Headquarters in New York. Government leaders and a diverse ...
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UPDATE 1-Investigators seek cause of New York commuter train crash
Sat May 18, 2013 2:05pm EDT (Updates with car safety, ridership numbers) By Karen Brooks May 18 (Reuters) - Federal investigators on Saturday searched for the cause of a rush-hour train crash in Connecticut that injured dozens of people commuting home from New York City, three of them critically. More than 60 people were hospitalized Friday night after an eastbound commuter train derailed and ...
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US Military Officials Call Sex Abuse In Ranks Serious Problem
Top U.S. military officials have vowed to root out sexual abuse, a persistent problem in all branches of the armed forces. The victims of sexual battery, harassment and stalking are mostly female members of the military, but gay men and others also have reported assaults. In some cases, the perpetrators turned out to be officers tasked with preventing abuse. Sexual misconduct in the ranks ...
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Dems Senate campaigns marked by internal battles
FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2012 file photo, Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga., stands with supporters as he waits to do a television interview at an election-night party in Augusta, Ga. Barrow and former Rep. Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin in South Dakota, two top-tier Democratic prospects, recently bypassed running for Senate seats in Georgia and South Dakota, decisions that highlighted both divisions within the ...
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Money tangle The IRS and its tea party tempest
Ousted IRS chief Steven Miller is sworn in on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2013, prior to testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the extra scrutiny the IRS gave Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. (AP Photo/J. Scott ...
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Boston police city to review bombings response
LOWELL, Mass. -; Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis says his department and Mayor Thomas Menino's office will conduct two separate investigations into the Boston Marathon bombings ...
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San Francisco bacon restaurant forced to close over smell
Who complains about the smell of bacon? People in San Francisco, apparently. The owner of Bacon Bacon, an eatery that specialized in all things porcine, was forced ...
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Feds launch probe into Connecticut train crash that injured dozens
Dozens were injured after two commuter trains collided near Fairfield, Conn., during the evening rush hour on May 17, 2013. (Rob Oliver via ...
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Woman dies after waiting nearly an hour for police
dallas woman called 911 on the day she was allegedly killed by her ex-husband. despite hearing her screams for help over the phone it took nearly an hour for police to arrive. "rock ...
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Meet Minnesota’s pint-sized politician Mayor Tufts
Bobby Tufts, 4, may look like a typical kid, but his resume goes way beyond daycare and playgrounds -- he's the mayor of the town of Dorset, Minn. He is already learning the challenges of holding an office of power, though, telling TODAY's Erica Hill his girlfriend only likes him "because I'm the mayor." TODAY's Erica Hill interviews Bobby Tufts and his ...
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Orlando woman lied about military service to avoid paying mortgage feds say
No lie was too small to tell for an Orlando woman who wanted a new home in Pensacola, but didn't want to pay the mortgage for her Orlando home, federal officials said. Chantal M. Lanton, 37, of Orlando is accused of falsely claiming to be an officer in ...
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